The reason I love XCOM so much, why I'm so worried about its future has likely more to do with …
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Why? Because Ghost Recon Shadow Wars is being made by the same man who created the X-Com series: Julian Gollop. Heck, this clip even features narration by Gollop himself, going over how Shadow Wars - which is a top-down, turn-based strategy game, just like X-Com - might be one of the surprise hits of the 3DS' launch window lineup.

Granted, given the quality of games it's going up against that's not the hardest thing in the world to accomplish, but the crummy 3DS launch lineup isn't this game's fault!